Location: Atlanta Status: Contract Compensation: Submit Competitive Rate Education Level: Not Specified World-wide leading financial company in the Perimeter area seeks an experienced Systems Architect for a 6 month contract, this position has the potential to go longer. Looking for someone to fill a key role of being responsible for designing and building the information technology architecture for software applications and providing production support. General duties and responsibilities include: Integrating knowledge of existing application architecture, technical standards, and business problems to create strategies and plans to solve the business problems. Articulating the vision, action plans, project status, and other items to establish and maintain alignment. Defining and executing implementation plans, contingency/recovery plans, testing, problem reporting, and other implementation issues. Playing a lead role in evaluating and selecting development methodologies for the product or divisional unit as a whole. Qualified candidates should possess 5 - 7 years of professional level experience in two or more environments (eg Mainframe, midrange systems, and Client Server databases, networks, communication methods and/or tools). Key required skills include: Experience with Single Sign-On Experience in working with Federated Identity Management (FIM) and any FIM tool Highly preferred skills include: ADFS or Ping Identity Nice to have skills include: Knowledge of Federation, SAML 2.0, AD, LDAP. Knowledge of.NET, C#, Powershell, Web Architecture, Multi-tier Architecture. Thorough knowledge of operating systems, disaster recovery, storage management, DBMS environment creation and development and applications and development methodologies. Enjoy full benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and 401K while on contract. Business casual work environment! Application Requirements Client will not accept subcontractors You must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a Full time basis. Required Qualifications: Single Sign-On Benefits/Perks Medical Dental Vision and Life Insurance for Full-time W2 Consultants. Supplemental Disability and Long-Term Care Insurance Dependent Care Assistance. 401(k) with Roth feature. Free E-learning Courses About MATRIX Whatever your career destination, we're how you get there. For more than 27 years, MATRIX has placed talented contract and permanent IT professionals like yourself at thousands of top-notch organizations throughout the U.S., ranging from Fortune 50 to small IT shops across all industries.